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Listening Skills

Listen to what people say but listen to understand.  So many listen just to respond. But listen to simply understand.  The speaker will feel that. When you talk to someone who is a great listener you feel a great comfort in sharing with them. Simply because they’re attentive and accepting. 

Within

What’s within will eventually spill out.  Work on the inner person. That’s what will flow outward. Whether you like it or not.  Get the inside right and the things around will become right. 

Check and Validate

It’s so easy to pass along misinformation. The electronic world is full of it and it’s only exponentially getting worse. The ability to create bad info and spread it has reached a point of no return.  So check and validate everything you see, hear, read, watch, share, etc. It may sound convincing but that doesn’t mean it’s truth. 

People

It's people that matter, not things. We work hard to impress people, often by buying things. But what we should be doing to impress is simply being a good person. Nothing makes a truly better impression than being a good, kind and helpful person.

Home Base

Create the best home base possible. Let it be your place to recharge. Let it be a place of respite.  If your home base isn’t a place of peace and safety, you really have nowhere to go.  Make your home a place that can allow you to meet the world at top strength. 

Higher

Getting higher is hard work. Getting above the normal. Getting above the things that hold us down.  Climbing is hard but the better views are worth it. 

Start Fresh

Why wait to start fresh? Time is a fleeting resource. Why put off what can be done today? Don't wait for the calendar to turn until you start fresh, start again or change direction.